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THOMAS A. DUGDALE, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO XVM. M. REED, OF NEW- CASTLE, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,998, dated February 15, 1859.

` To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. DUGDALE, of the city of Richmond, county of vVayne, and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of `my invention consists in resting two wash boa-rds one fronting the other upon two inclined planes and under two double inverted inclined planes, t-he two first are at the bottom of a box and are so constructed that when acted upon by the water they will rise and in rising will raise the wash boards against the two double inverted inclinedA planes at the` top of the wash box.

A very important feature connected with my improvement is connecting the two bottom inclined planes by means of a hinge or hinges at the ends of the box in the center, so that the two inclined planes are held down at one side while the side at the ontside or next to the side of the box is allowed to rise freely when water is put in the box.

Tol enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation, which may be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings.

Construction.

Figure I represents a perspective view of the machine and box which may be made of l in. timber and secured by nails or screws and should be perfectly water tight the box should be 18 in. wide 1S in. high 2Q in. long in the clear. Fig. 2 represents the machine with one end of the box taken off. Fig. 3 represents one of the inclined planes. Fig. 4 represents the gate in which the clothes are secured for the purpose of working them up and down between the wash boards. Fig. 5 is a wash board with the four rollers attached. Fig. 6 is an iron plate with three pins in it which I term a hinge.

A, A, in Fig. l, are two wash boards as seen in Fig. l presenting the front of one and the back of the other. They may also be seen in Fig. 2 where the box is constructed with one end out. One of said wash boards is shown in full in Fig. 5 in which A 1s the wash board and` E, E, E, E, are. rollers on stud pins.

Those wash boards are made by grooving one side of a hoard with a wash boardplane 1 `receive a stud pin or large screw adjust two of these rollers at the bottom and two at the top, placing the two bottom rollers l inch from the back, and the two top ones l inch from the front of the strip, they are to be put on the outside of each ofthe strips after they are nailed to the wash board, and a wash board as is seen in Fig'. 5 is the result.

B is the box already described except that it has an arm or piece projecting at the back part about 10 in. from the backat its top end and is about 12 or 15 in. high and is secured to the back of the box ati its lower end by means of screws the top end should have a hole to admit a pin for the handle to work on as seen at L in Fig. 1.

C is the gate or sash in which the clothes are fastened. It is represented in Fig. l, Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, and is made by framing a piece of wash board grooved on both sides into two grooved uprights. So that another piece of wash board with al projection or tongue at each end, slides up and down in said grooves. Above this is a cross piece into which is fixed a nut or bin to receive a screw which is inserted through a slot in a piece of iron` screwed on to the sliding piece `of wash board, so that when. this piece of wash board is pressed down, by turning the screw it is held fast, above this cross piece is a roller to which the handle is attached as seen in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4.

D, D, are the two double inverted inclined planes at the top of the machine as seen in Fig. 2 and also represented by dotted lines in Fig. l. They are secured at the top of the box immediately over the rollers and about lone inch higher than the rollers above the top of the wash boards, each of those inclined planes are made of a piece of wood long enough to reach across the top of the bex and may be l-- in. thick and 2?; in. wide and cut out on one edge leaving the full width at each end and one inch in the middle making about l?? in. of an incline toward the top edge at the middle oi the piece. When this is prepared it is secured to the top of the box, (or one at each end at the top), with the inclined planes downward ,forming a double inverted inclined plane when secured to the box so as to leave about one inch space betweenthe top rollers and said inclined planes so that the wash boards inay rise up against the inclined planes.

E, E, E, E, are the four top rollers as seen in Fig. l.

E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, are the top and bottom rollers as represented in Fig. 2.

E E E E are the tour rollers on a wash board as represented in Fig. 5.

F, F, are the two inclined planes at the bottom of the box which workon the pins J J said pins being inserted in the holes H, H, as seen in Fig. 48. These inclined planes are made by making the ends of 1li plank long enough to reach half way across the box and nail them on to a piece of wood one on each end. This piece should be so long that when the ends or inclined planes, are nailed on it will go freely in the box so as not to bind when swelled with the water, and should be of sufficient bulk to give the required buoyant pressure to the wash board.

Gr shows where the plate and pins are secured to the box as seen in Fig. 2.

H is a plate as seen in Fig. 6.

I is a pin inserted in plate H and projects at one side about 135 inches and may be furnished with a screw and nutto secure the plate to the e'nd of the box.

J, J, are two pins projecting from the opposite side of plate H. Those pins are inserted in holes K, K, as seen in Fig. 3, when' the plate is secured t-o the end of the box pins j j project inside. There should be two of those plates, with pins as here described, one of which should be secured to each end of the box on t-he inside and near the bottom.

K, K, are holes in the inclined planes which work on pins ateach end of the box and near enough the bottom to letthe inclined planes lay nearly level and to allow them to play loosely, and freely.

L is the lever as seen in Fig. l and Fig. 4. This lever should have a mortise at one end to fit on the arm or projecting piece which is secured to the back side of the box and should work on said projecting piece by means of a pin passed through it and the projecting piece.

Operation..

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 the machine is now at rest. The wash boards or the rollers on them are below the double inverted inclined planes. The inclined planes at the bottom as secured at G, G, are also laying on the bottom. It will also be seen that the Wash boards are out from the center of the machine. It will be found that t-he reverse `of all this is produced by lling the box With water. The inclined planes will riseV and in raising the rollers will touch the inclined planes at the top and roll under them at the top of the box. The bottom or inclined planes F F become steeper and the bottom rollers roll on them carry the wash boards in against. the gate in which the clothes are secured and worked up and down receiving as much pressure as is produced by the rising of the inclined planes F F. Thus a machine is produced that will protect the clothes from wear, in washing, and objection to hard rubbing by hand the water be ing used in this machine as the pressure agent. 1t is also very durable.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Combining and arranging the inclined planes F, F, the plate H and pins I and J J with the double inverted inclined planes D D, rollers E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, and wash boards A, A, the whole being constructed arranged and operated substantially as above described and for the purposes set fort-h.

THOS. A. DUGDALE. Witnesses:

JOHN FINLEY, JOSEPH MoCoY. 

